CVE-2026-97196 PUBLISHED

WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 4.16.9 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 30.09.2026 Updated: 30.09.2026

Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP GiveWP allows Authentication Bypass.

This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through 4.16.9.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor Liquid Web / StellarWP
Product GiveWP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from n/a to 4.16.9 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress GiveWP plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.17.0).

Credits

  • Abdelrhman Allam | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1289 Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass